title: Traumatic pseudoaneurysm in a wrestler.
abstract: An 18-year-old man sought treatment for a pulsatile mass in the medial distal thigh four years after he had sustained blunt trauma during a wrestling match. Investigation, which included magnetic resonance imaging and arteriography, showed the mass to be a pseudoaneurysm, which should be considered in the differential diagnosis of masses resulting from direct, blunt trauma. At exploration, a pseudoaneurysmic thrombus in the superficial femoral artery was evacuated and the vessel was repaired with an interposition graft of reversed saphenous vein, followed by complete recovery of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Annenberg
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Vaccaro
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Zuelzer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013848:Thigh / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*; D014952:Wrestling / Q000293:injuries*